RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND ITS UTILIZATION AS CORRELATES TO STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS A CASE STUDY OF OGBOMOSO NORTH LGA, OYO STATE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

So far, we have seen education is an extremely important and necessary tool for personal and social growth and enhancement. Countries, families, individuals all around the world see education as a good investment for national growth. This is because it is required to yield the required quantity and quality of human resources for the economic growth using the right mixture of inputs. Coming down to Nigerians, we expect school system to be very active and productive in a way that a given good results is gotten with less input but based on observations of schools, operation in Nigeria shows that there are rudiments of unproductively in the school system. A good number of the students were failing and repeating classes while some dropped out and the increase in the fail out percentage in schools; therefore, contributed to wastage. This experience in the system shows that the aim of education in Nigeria have not been completely attained because students’ need to achieve and move to the next level of their lives. Educational managers of schools are faced with the problem of how to convince the respective stakeholders of education of how capable they are in active utilization of resources allocated to their schools. Thus, the poor performance of students in public examinations, tests, together with unproductive usage of resources, heap on the issue of standard when compared with what is obtainable in schools in Nigeria and beyond. it is embraced all over the world that education is one of the leading tools for encouraging, fostering economic growth as it includes some procedures individuals go through to assist them nurture, grow and utilize their potentials. Manifestations of quality education have to do with the ability to read and write performance and progression to higher levels of learning.

Howbeit, quality education will never be attained without the necessary educational resources which play a major role in the attainment of educational objectives and goals. Educational resources can be sectioned into four groups; they include human, material, physical and financial resources. Educational resources according are key to the education because they play a major role and serve as a ladder to climb the goals of education. The availability of the needed educational resources contribute to academic achievement, while unattractive school buildings, crowded classrooms, non-availability of playing grounds and surroundings that have no aesthetic beauty can to a great extent contribute to poor academic achievement. Therefore, there is a good relationship between educational resources and good performance. Therefore, students in schools with more resources are prone to perform better than students in schools that are less endowed.